<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from rgcombs.blog-city.com</title><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 rgcombs.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:59:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from rgcombs.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>How the troops celebrated in Iraq</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/how_the_troops_celebrated_in_iraq.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/how_the_troops_celebrated_in_iraq.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fthe%5Ftroops%5Fcelebrated%5Fin%5Firaq</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Speaking of patriotism, our troops in harm&#39;s way know the meaning of true patriotism and the significance of Independence Day. Bob Krumm has a marvelous report and video of an Independence Day ceremony in Iraq: BAGHDAD - How are you spending ...]]></description><category>courage</category><category>independence day</category><category>iraq</category><category>military</category><category>patriotism</category><category>soldiers</category><category>troops</category></item><item><title>Happy Independence Day!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/happy_independence_day.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/happy_independence_day.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Findependence%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the finest words ever penned by man, from the document that changed the world for the better like no other before or since: When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have ...]]></description><category>freedom</category><category>independence day</category><category>liberty</category><category>patriotism</category></item><item><title>Patriotism</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/patriotism_1.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/patriotism_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=patriotism%5F1</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From the &quot;Rush In a Hurry&quot; email update about today&#39;s Rush Limbaugh show: The left seeks to redefine patriotism as ripping America, compulsory national service, and paying the confiscatory tax rates Democrats pile on us. The USSR had...]]></description><category>patriotism</category></item><item><title>Brits push knife control</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/brits_push_knife_control.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/brits_push_knife_control.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=brits%5Fpush%5Fknife%5Fcontrol</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I followed Instapundit&#39;s link (aptly introduced as &quot;CULTURAL SUICIDE&quot;) to this Daily Mirror story about London&#39;s new mayor urging residents to become more cowardly and helpless: Boris Johnson urged people to walk away if they see...]]></description><category>britain</category><category>crime</category><category>violence</category></item><item><title>Dems oppose increasing Iraq&apos;s oil output, too</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/dems_oppose_increasing_iraqs_oil_output_too.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/dems_oppose_increasing_iraqs_oil_output_too.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dems%5Foppose%5Fincreasing%5Firaqs%5Foil%5Foutput%5Ftoo</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Democrats in Congress, who seem to believe they can wave a magic wand and convert the country to solar planes and trains and wind-powered cars and trucks, don&#39;t just oppose more domestic oil production. And they don&#39;t just want to microman...]]></description><category>congress</category><category>democrats</category><category>energy</category><category>environmentalism</category><category>gas prices</category><category>iraq</category><category>oil</category></item><item><title>Good advice</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/good_advice.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/good_advice.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=good%5Fadvice</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have a file in which I collect quotes and aphorisms that I like. I haven&#39;t posted any lately, but here&#39;s one I saw at LGF that&#39;s so good I just have to repost it here in case you missed it. I suggest you format it nicely in large ...]]></description><category>quotes</category></item><item><title>Congressman encourages al Qaeda</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/congressman_encourages_al_qaeda.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/congressman_encourages_al_qaeda.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=congressman%5Fencourages%5Fal%5Fqaeda</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They&#39;re mighty upset at RedState, and I can understand why. This amounts to publicly encouraging al Qaeda to go after an official in the Bush administration (emphasis added): David Addington is the Vice President&#39;s Chief of Staff.  Yester...]]></description><category>al qaeda</category><category>congress</category><category>democrats</category></item><item><title>Another Gitmo alum collected his 72 virgins</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/another_gitmo_alum_collected_his_72_virgins.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/another_gitmo_alum_collected_his_72_virgins.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fgitmo%5Falum%5Fcollected%5Fhis%5F72%5Fvirgins</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[According to Bill Roggio, a new al Qaeda jihad video features a former Gitmo detainee who killed 13 in a suicide truck bomb attack in Mosul. The Kuwaiti jihadist was presumably one of those released from Gitmo because he was judged low-risk or ...]]></description><category>al qaeda</category><category>gitmo</category><category>iraq</category><category>jihad</category><category>video</category></item><item><title>Speech Nazis retreat in Canada</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/speech_nazis_retreat_in_canada.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/speech_nazis_retreat_in_canada.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=speech%5Fnazis%5Fretreat%5Fin%5Fcanada</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two down, one to go. Another &quot;hate speech&quot; charge against Mark Steyn has been dropped: The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a hate speech complaint against Maclean&#39;s magazine. Brought by Mohamed Elmasry, national presid...]]></description><category>canada</category><category>censorship</category><category>free speech</category><category>human rights</category></item><item><title>Heller win</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/heller_win.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/heller_win.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=heller%5Fwin</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Heller ruling is in: WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital city in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.The court's...]]></description><category>civil liberties</category><category>firearms</category><category>gun control</category><category>human rights</category><category>second amendment</category><category>supreme court</category></item><item><title>Cease-fire &quot;breached&quot; by Hamas attacks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/ceasefire_breached_by_hamas_attacks.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/ceasefire_breached_by_hamas_attacks.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ceasefire%5Fbreached%5Fby%5Fhamas%5Fattacks</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The &quot;cease-fire&quot; that Israel negotiated with Hamas (in exchange for what?) has been &quot;breached&quot; by rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel. What a surprise. Of course, the cease-fire won&#39;t be officially broken (according to ...]]></description><category>hamas</category><category>islamofascism</category><category>israel</category></item><item><title>We need an army of Yons</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/we_need_an_army_of_yons.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/we_need_an_army_of_yons.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=we%5Fneed%5Fan%5Farmy%5Fof%5Fyons</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Charlie Foxtrot, commenting from Afghanistan, is amazed at the change in mainstream media coverage of Iraq: Powerline and Danger Room are right to point out the amazing numbers: &quot;According to data compiled by Andrew Tyndall, a television ...]]></description><category>iraq</category><category>media bias</category></item><item><title>Let&apos;s just outlaw shooting people -- oh, wait...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/lets_just_outlaw_shooting_people__oh_wait.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/lets_just_outlaw_shooting_people__oh_wait.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lets%5Fjust%5Foutlaw%5Fshooting%5Fpeople%5F%5Foh%5Fwait</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the past six months or so, there have been several shootings and a stabbing in Denver&#39;s LoDo (Lower Downtown) neighborhood. Most, if not all, occurred around 2 AM when the trendy bars in the area disgorge their inebriated patrons onto the ...]]></description><category>denver</category><category>gun control</category><category>gun violence</category></item><item><title>George Carlin on saving the planet</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/george_carlin_on_saving_the_planet.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/george_carlin_on_saving_the_planet.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=george%5Fcarlin%5Fon%5Fsaving%5Fthe%5Fplanet</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a belated bit of a tribute to George Carlin, America&#39;s funniest foul-mouthed curmudgeon for many years. Like many of his fellow leftist/counterculture types, he anthropomorphized Planet Earth, but his take was somewhat different.]]></description><category>comedy</category><category>environmentalism</category></item><item><title>Kelo Day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/kelo_day.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/kelo_day.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=kelo%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Three years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the city of New London, Connecticut, could seize the home of Susette Kelo and turn it over to a private developer. A public purpose -- more tax revenue -- is the same thing as a public use, ...]]></description><category>eminent domain</category><category>human rights</category><category>kelo</category><category>property rights</category></item><item><title>Rebuild the Twin Towers!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/rebuild_the_twin_towers.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/rebuild_the_twin_towers.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rebuild%5Fthe%5Ftwin%5Ftowers</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Via email from the Twin Towers Alliance: Finally, there is an opportunity to change direction at Ground Zero. On May 25, 2008 the editor of the New York Post wrote: &ldquo;No one seriously believes that the current schedule of construction ...]]></description><category>donate</category><category>new york</category><category>twin towers</category><category>world trade center</category><category>wtc</category></item><item><title>Bring them home now!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/bring_them_home_now.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/bring_them_home_now.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bring%5Fthem%5Fhome%5Fnow</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[JammieWearingFool pointed out how well the Nancy Pelosi era is working out: according to a new Gallup Poll, the confidence rating of Congress is now down to 12%, one point below HMOs and the lowest level ever for any institution. That breaks down ...]]></description><category>congress</category><category>miltary</category><category>polls</category></item><item><title>Failed policies of the past</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/failed_policies_of_the_past.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/failed_policies_of_the_past.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=failed%5Fpolicies%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fpast</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Republican and right-wing pundits are beside themselves because Sen. Obama broke his earlier promise to accept federal matching funds and abide by the campaign spending limits that go with them. I applaud him for rejecting the failed policies of ...]]></description><category>democrats</category><category>energy</category><category>national security</category><category>obama</category><category>oil</category><category>politics</category><category>socialism</category><category>terrorism</category></item><item><title>Are AP stories warrantied?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/are_ap_stories_warrantied.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/are_ap_stories_warrantied.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=are%5Fap%5Fstories%5Fwarrantied</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If you read any blogs at all, you&#39;ve probably heard about the AP copyright kerfuffle. First, the AP went after the left-wing blog Drudge Retort for posting excerpts (33 to 79 words) from AP stories. Now, they want you to pay for permission to ...]]></description><category>blogging</category><category>copyright</category><category>dmca</category><category>journalism</category><category>msm</category></item><item><title>Obama promotes guns</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/obama_promotes_guns.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/obama_promotes_guns.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=obama%5Fpromotes%5Fguns</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama decided to sound tough at a Philadelphia fundraiser: &ldquo;If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,&rdquo; Obama said. &ldquo;Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I&rsquo;ve seen Eagles fans.]]></description><category>democrats</category><category>guns</category><category>obama</category></item><item><title>McCain rethinks offshore drilling</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/mccain_rethinks_offshore_drilling.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/mccain_rethinks_offshore_drilling.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mccain%5Frethinks%5Foffshore%5Fdrilling</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain has kinda, sorta, maybe decided that drilling in the outer continental shelf (OCS) just might be OK: Sen. John McCain called yesterday for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, offering an aggressive response to high...]]></description><category>congress</category><category>democrats</category><category>energy</category><category>environmentalism</category><category>gas prices</category><category>mccain</category><category>oil</category></item><item><title>Another Haditha case dismissed</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/another_haditha_case_dismissed.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/another_haditha_case_dismissed.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fhaditha%5Fcase%5Fdismissed</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The government is now 0-for-7 on prosecuting the eight Haditha Marines: In a move that prompted tears of joy from courtroom spectators, Military Judge Colonel Steven Folsom, USMC, this morning dismissed all charges against LtCol Jeffrey Chessani ...]]></description><category>iraq</category><category>marines</category><category>military</category><category>murtha</category><category>propaganda</category><category>war</category></item><item><title>A philosopher in Washington</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/a_philosopher_in_washington.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/a_philosopher_in_washington.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fphilosopher%5Fin%5Fwashington</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thanks to Carl at No Oil for Pacifists (still the best blog name in the universe) for pointing out this great quote from P.J. O&#39;Rourke: The problem on the left is, now that Karl Marx has forsaken them, they have no philosophy. Thank goodness. ...]]></description><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>senate</category><category>sununu</category></item><item><title>Sadr City -- a journalist responds</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/sadr_city__a_journalist_responds.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/sadr_city__a_journalist_responds.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sadr%5Fcity%5F%5Fa%5Fjournalist%5Fresponds</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My brief post about Sadr City on Friday drew a long comment from Fox News reporter Anita McNaught, who has been reporting from there recently. Since it&#39;s an important report from on the ground in Iraq that might be missed as a comment, and ...]]></description><category>iraq</category><category>media bias</category><category>military</category><category>msm</category><category>soldiers</category><category>victory</category></item><item><title>Erin go bragh!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/erin_go_bragh.htm</guid><link>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/erin_go_bragh.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://rgcombs.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=erin%5Fgo%5Fbragh</comments><dc:creator>rgcombs</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Before I forget, congratulations to the plucky citizens of Ireland for rejecting the Lisbon Treaty. This was the European Union&#39;s new attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the Eurocrats in Brussels. Dutch and French voters rejected the ...]]></description><category>europe</category><category>ireland</category><category>voting</category></item></channel></rss>